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ELECTRIC WIRE 0R CABLE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.

NO- 356,153.' LI Patented Jan. 18,1887.

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JAMES Ir. MUNSIE, or oHIeAe-o, ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC WIRE OR CABLE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356153, dated January18, 1887.

I Application filed September 18, 1386. Serial No. 213,901. (Noni,odel.l

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES F. IWIUNSIE, a British subject, residing atChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Electric Wire or CableDistributing Stations, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto theletters of reference marked thereon, which forni part of thisspecification.

The principal object of my present invention is to provide within themainline and diverging branches of a conduit system, prei erablyintermediate main distributing or testing stations, which form partthereof, simple and eiiective means for distributing service .wires orcables at any and all points from which it may be necessary to run thesame.

To this end I construct and employ at suitable points throughout themain line ordivcrging branches of the system a distributing-station ofthe forni substantially illus` trated in the accompanying drawings, inWhich- Figure l is a side elevation illustrating the operativearrangement of my invention and its connection with a conduit laidbeneath the' Street-level. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View takenon the line X of said Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of thedistributing-station, taken through the center thereof, as indicated bythe vertical line Y Y of said Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are plan sectionalviews taken through said distributing-station, -re- Spectively, on thelines V V and Z Z of said Fig. 3.

It may be `observed that in the said views I have illustratedIn-y.distributing-station as being applied to a conduit having threeparallel cable-ducts. To adapt the station to such form of conduit, itis provided with three corresponding parallel ducts, ct, which to allintents and purposes simply forxn continnations of said conduitcable-ducts.

Vertically through said station an opening, C, preferably cylindrical inform, as shown, enters into each one of said ducts a, extending belowthe iioorlevel thereof to a suitable point, from which it is intersectedby one or station similar transversely-running openingsI or passages, c,intersect said opening C. To the openings or passages c are connectedtubes or suitable auxiliary conduits, D, which extend therefrom to thesidewalk, or other desirable point, for the purpose required. lVhen theconduit is located below the street-level, aS shown in Fig. l, each oneof said openings C is provided with a suitably-covered extension, C.

The manner of employment of my said station for wire or cabledistributing purposes may be described as follows: .'\n individual Wire,F, or cable E, running through the conduit, when entered into a duct, a,of the station, is engaged in any suitable manner through the verticalopening C, being then carried into and through an opening or passage, c,and thence into and through its tube or auxiliary conduit D to thetermination thereof.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have illustrated at G a duct-or passage for each ofthe chambers a, and communicating therewith by means of a longitudinalslot, as shown. This duct is designed for the reception of thehauling-cable when the` distributingstation is used in connection withconduits ofthe kind described in my pending application for LettersPatent tiled September 17, 1886, and bearing Serial number 213, 7 90.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure' by Letters Patent, is c In aconduit system for electric wires `or cables, the distributing-stationB, having a series of passages, a, separated from each other throughouttheir entire extent, and each communicating with and -forming acontinuation of a separate electric conduit, separate vertical passagesC.intersecting said horizontal passages and each located in a differenttransverse plane with respect thereto, and transverse ducts leading fromthe passages C, sub stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JAMES E. MUNSIE.

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